Michael Gianaris, the powerful state Senate deputy majority leader, was against gerrymandering before he was for it. The Democratic senator from Queens is being called out for a trail of comments he made a decade ago claiming he opposed gerrymandering of legislative maps to benefit a political party — when Republicans were in control. In … Read more
A 16-year-old reputed gangbanger who allegedly shot an NYPD cop in the Bronx is back in custody Thursday on a probation violation — just one week after posting bail. Camrin Williams, an up-and-coming rapper who goes by the stage name C Blu, was ordered back to the Crossroads Juvenile Center in Brooklyn because the gun … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams is considering a controversial former Bronx councilman to run the rebranded $1.5 billion mental health initiative that critics say former Mayor Bill de Blasio used to promote his wife Chirlane McCray, The Post has learned. Fernando Cabrera, whose 11-year City Council tenure ended on Dec. 31, is the new mayor’s preferred pick to … Read more
A Brooklyn prep school teacher no longer has a job the in wake of her anti-cop tweet related to the deaths of NYPD officers Jason Rivera and Wilbert Mora, officials said Thursday. Laura Lynne Duffy, a math teacher at Fontbonne Hall in Brooklyn, was suspended Wednesday for a post she made about a “dress down” … Read more
Crime, including car thefts and shootings, soared in the Big Apple in January, according to NYPD data released Thursday — the same day President Biden visited the city in response to the rise in violence. The first month of 2022 recorded a 38.5 percent increase in nearly all major crime categories — rape, robbery, felony … Read more
The “Defund the police” movement that garnered support from some Democrats in the aftermath of the 2020 police killing of George Floyd is “dead” in New York City, Bronx Congressman Ritchie Torres declared Thursday. Torres, a first-term Democrat, made the proclamation after MSNBC’s Jose Diaz-Balart asked whether he agreed with Mayor Eric Adams’ stance against … Read more
Wild dashcam video captures the moment a car goes careening out of control and flips during a road-rage encounter on the Palisades Parkway. The shocking footage, posted on YouTube last week by user Racerwong.Shooterwong, shows a Honda Accord and a Ford F-150 Raptor pickup truck jockeying for position on the parkway on Jan. 24, Fox … Read more
City kids are finally trickling back to class after a rash of widespread absenteeism last month, according to Department of Education figures. Wednesday’s attendance was 88 percent — up from a low of 67 percent early last month, the numbers show. Plagued by skyrocketing COVID-19 infections in schools after the winter break, the DOE saw … Read more
The two teenagers charged with shooting an off-duty NYPD officer in a botched carjacking in Queens were held without bail Thursday — hours before the cop was set to be released from the hospital. Chad Collie, 19, and Jayare Robinson, 18, were arraigned on a slew of charges, including attempted murder and attempted robbery related … Read more
The NYPD was forced to pump the brakes on the arrest of a dangerous ex-con wanted in a Harlem stick-up — the same week that two police officers were killed — after the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office initially balked at cops’ request for a “no-knock” warrant, multiple law enforcement sources told The Post. Detectives were … Read more